Friday, June 13, 2014

I have been really busy down at my garden plots and I haven't spent much time on my blog. I thought I should give an update since it has been awhile. I have both garden plots cleaned up and fully planted. This year I spent a lot of time in my newer plot which was way over due. I cleaned it up, pulled up all the black plastic, tilled the original beds and planted them. I have four raised growing beds, an asparagus bed and strawberry bed. Most of my strawberry plants did not come up this year and the whole bed was badly taken over by weeds. I decided to clean up the bed, remove the remaining strawberries and cover the area with black plastic for the season. This will kill all the weeds and in the fall I will till it and prepare it for next year. I haven't decided if I am going to make it into a strawberry bed again or not. For the most part everything is growing nicely. I had to remove the Soloist Napa cabbage the other day because it bolted, but I still have the Bilko variety hanging in. I harvested some Calabrese broccoli that was looking like it might flower, which one already did. I also had to harvest a head of cauliflower which also looked on the verge of flowering. Every year I notice it is getting harder and harder to grow some cold crops in the spring, it gets warm too quickly and some varieties start to bolt. I may start holding off till fall to plant some crops in the future. Here are some pictures from my garden that I took within the last week.

View of both plots.

This year in some of my walkways there is nice grass growing.

View of Plot#2 that was renovated this year.

Broccoli Bed

Sun King Hybrid

Deadon Cabbage

Bilko Napa Cabbage

Savoy Cabbage

Red Romaine

Tom Thumb

Yugoslavian Red

Little Gem

Asparagus bed

Cucumbers

Sweet Peppers

Pole Bean Teepee

Tomato Bed #1

Tomato Bed #2

Tomato Bed #3

Thanks for stopping by and checking out what is growing in my garden. Happy Gardening!

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I have been gardening for 5 years. I have two garden plots at a community garden in Pennsylvania. My passion is tomato gardening. I love trying new varieties every year. I enjoy learning from other gardeners and sharing my gardening experiences and knowledge.